We heard from Roger Pope, principal of Kingsbridge Community College in Devon, who claims the impressive results were down to students and their teachers working harder than ever before.
Tim Oates from Cambridge Assessment gives us his insight into this summer's grades, and welcomes the rise in students taking more "challenging" subjects, while Pearson's Jo-Anne Baird tells us why the government's reforms removing modular exams may not have had the impact ministers' might have hoped.